Here's the result of the "stat filename" command - r...@microknoppix:/media/sdc2/Windows-98/windows# stat SendTo File: `SendTo' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 822h/2082d Inode: 155231 Links: 1 Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2010-09-11 05:34:46.000000000 +0000 Modify: 2010-09-11 05:34:33.000000000 +0000 Change: 2010-09-11 05:34:33.000000000 +0000 r...@microknoppix:/media/sdc2/Windows-98/windows#
I still cannot remove this folder from the NTFS partition. I am trying to carefully archive data from a corrupted system and running under Knoppix 6.01 CD so I can safely do this. On 9/10/10, website reader <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for misleading the general reader, I DO understand that "." and > ".." are in the file structure. > > There IS some type of hidden file in the folder. > > I tried using the "stat filename" command to locate the inode and then > use the "find . -inum inode# -exec rm -i -d -r * \;" command but it > still won't delete the folder. > > Is there any lower level command that can actually go in and remove that > inode? > > > > On 9/10/10, Ron Braithwaite <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:54 PM, website reader wrote: >> >>> I am unable to delete two files on a hard-drive that originally was in >>> a ntfs partition. >>> The files are named "." and ".." >>> >>> Trying to use the rm -r -f command fails as does the rmdir command. I >>> tried renaming them but that fails too. >>> >>> I really need to remove these two files, how can I tell the linux OS >>> that they are not being used as a folder relocation command and >>> actually remove them? >> >> Well, the reason you can't remove them is that "." is your current >> directory >> and ".." is the parent directory. >> >> May I suggest reading: >> >> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-file-system-part-i.html >> >> -Ron >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
